Manual and Platoon Exercise (B).

• imprint_number: 1775.023
• title: The Manual exercise, as ordered by his majesty in [1764]. Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practised at reviews and field-days, &c.
• sequence_number: 23
• year: 1775
• place_issued: Williamsburg
• issuing_press: Alexander Purdie
• author: Harvey, Edward.
• notes: Militia handbook published after the Third Virginia Convention in July 1775.
  No copy now extant; Evan reported variants were published and attributed this variant to Alexander Purdie and the other to Dixon & Hunter (1775.022) though lacks colophon; those entries lead Clayton-Torrence to list both, though only the latter had survived.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Alexander Purdie, Sr.

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